As part of his journey to establish the farm, Marcus has also faced setbacks. Not everything in the kitchen garden has done well, and he needs to learn from experience.\n\nThe hedgerow around the farm needs to be cut back and managed, so Marcus seeks advice from Paul Matthews, an expert in the ancient art of hedge laying. He’s shown how to make stakes, cut hazel bushes and bind them into fencing.\n\nBack at the smallholding, Marcus pickles some of his excess crop of carrots using herbs from the kitchen garden. With an abundance of produce, Marcus takes some of it to a nearby food bank that serves the local community. Later, he joins in a local ploughing match and creates a delicious dessert of bay leaf-flavoured ice-cream, thyme crumble and rosemary nectarines.
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Series 1: Episode 9
Marcus plans to make the kitchen garden a year-round enterprise. A trip to Hampshire gives him an insight into the key of all good growing, compost, before he develops his own c ...
20-04-2024
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Series 1: Episode 8
Marcus decides to bring in some sheep in order to produce his favourite meat, lamb. A trip to his native Lancashire introduces him to the amazing Lonk sheep, who are famed for t ...
07-04-2024
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Series 1: Episode 7
Marcus develops plans to create a orchard and bring in the perfect eating apple for his favourite dessert, the classic tarte Tatin. A trip to Kent introduces him to the wide ran ...
07-04-2024
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Series 1: Episode 6
Marcus makes plans to expand the smallholding's herb patch. A trip to Gloucestershire to see the UK's largest herb collection shows that even someone as experienced as Marcus ca ...
31-03-2024
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Series 1: Episode 5
Marcus plans to bring in some ducks, but things aren’t as simple as they seem as he heads out onto the lake to create a new home for them. Heading to Devon, he discovers t ...
31-03-2024
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Series 1: Episode 4
Marcus steps things up with a hunt for the perfect cow. He heads to Shropshire in search of a rare breed that has been around in England for centuries, the English Longhorn. A c ...
24-03-2024
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Series 1: Episode 3
Setting out to bring in new livestock and expand his range of produce, Marcus turns his attention to the smallholding's disused chicken coop. In search of the tastiest chicken, ...
17-03-2024
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Series 1: Episode 2
Setting out to bring in new livestock, expand the range of produce in his kitchen garden and get some insider tips on veg growing, Marcus heads to one of his old stomping ground ...
10-03-2024
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Series 1: Episode 1
Marcus Wareing embraces a slower pace of life down at his Sussex smallholding. Setting out to expand the range of produce and bring in new livestock, his first additions are som ...
10-03-2024
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Series 2 Compilations: Episode 10
Marcus visits a goat farm and invites some apprentice chefs to learn the art of cooking over fire. Later, he preserves the last of his summer crops for the winter and throws a p ...
28-02-2024
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Series 1: Episode 7
Marcus develops plans to create a orchard and bring in the perfect eating apple for his favourite dessert, the classic tarte Tatin. A trip to Kent introduces him to the wide ran ...
07-04-2024
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Series 2 Compilations: Episode 1
Marcus Wareing explores new possibilities on his Sussex smallholding. He learns about tomatoes, welcomes new ducks to his pond, meets a beekeeper and builds a new home for his p ...
24-01-2024
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Series 2 Compilations: Episode 7
Marcus Wareing explores new possibilities on his Sussex smallholding. He learns the art of charcuterie, goes truffle hunting and crab fishing, and learns how to graft an apple t ...
08-02-2024
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Series 2: Episode 6
Marcus Wareing explores new possibilities on his Sussex smallholding. Interested in diversifying his cooking, he decides to build a smoker. But first, he needs something to smok ...
18-10-2023
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Series 2: Episode 7
Marcus Wareing explores new possibilities on his Sussex smallholding. He has noticed more and more deer on his land and wants to learn what, if anything, he should be doing to m ...
25-10-2023
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Series 2: Episode 15
Marcus Wareing explores new possibilities on his Sussex smallholding. First, he’s checking on the new pine forest he’s planted. He’s been experimenting with us ...
13-12-2023
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Series 1: Episode 6
Marcus makes plans to expand the smallholding's herb patch. A trip to Gloucestershire to see the UK's largest herb collection shows that even someone as experienced as Marcus ca ...
31-03-2024
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Series 2 Compilations: Episode 2
Marcus Wareing explores new possibilities on his Sussex smallholding. He learns how to grow potatoes, goes mackerel fishing, discovers wasabi and makes lavender gelato.
25-01-2024
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Series 2: Episode 5
Marcus Wareing explores new possibilities on his Sussex smallholding. Having cooked with salt marsh lamb for years, Marcus decides to venture out to Romney Marsh to meet shepher ...
11-10-2023
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Series 2: Episode 10
Marcus Wareing explores new possibilities on his Sussex smallholding. In an attempt to deter any duckling-stealing predators, Marcus puts his scarecrow making to the test. Marcu ...
15-11-2023
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